SDG localising tool: Localising and measuring Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in cities and regions

Programme 2014 - 2020 ESPON 2020

Date of latest update: 2024-05-18

Description

Description (EN):

The project shall contribute to supporting local and regional governments to play their role in localising the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The main outcome should be 1) a simple, intuitive and user-friendly web application that can be used by governments at all levels to identify regions that are leading and lagging in the implementation of the SDGs and to find peers with similar profiles, 2) guidance on how to use the SDG localising tool with practical examples and 3) guidance on how to maintain the tool.

Achievements (EN):

The SDGs benchmarking tool aims at providing support to governments at all levels in localising and achieving the SDGs. It is a simple, intuitive and user-friendly web application that helps policy makers turn a large volume of indicators in insights contributing to providing answers to questions such as: - Is my region making progress towards achieving the SDG targets? - Is my region lagging behind or leading in achieving SDGs compared to other similar regions? - From which regions in Europe can I draw inspiration to progress towards the SDGs? - Which regions would benefit from targeted support to help step up action to improve their progress and thus contribute substantially to the national progress on the SDGs? The web tool allows the user to select a range of different indicators related to the 17 sustainable development goals. Data at NUTS 2 level are available for comparing and benchmarking one’s regions. The user can display the distance to targets by indicator as well as track progress for each indicator along multiple periods in time. This can be done for all regions, but also with a focus on regions similar to their own with regards to various aspects. Finally, the user can become inspired by examples found in the library which showcase regional initiatives and related studies. The SDGs benchmarking tool is the outcome of the ESPON 2020 project “SDG localising tool”. Because data for indicators measuring the SDGs at NUTS3 level appeared to be not sufficiently available, it was decided to develop the SDG tool for data at NUTS2 level. As a consequence, the original name ‘ESPON SDG localising tool’ turned out a bit misleading and raise expectations that could not be fulfilled. Therefore the tool was renamed into ‘ESPON’s SDGs benchmarking tool’.

Website: https://archive.espon.eu/

Expected Results (EN):

The main outcomes of the projects should be: - Web application, including an administrator module, that can be used in a simple, intuitive and user-friendly way by governments at all levels to find their peers or to find the biggest gaps; - user guidance explaining why and how to use the SDG localising tool including some practical examples; - Administrator guidance on how to keep the tool up-to-date.

Thematic information

ICT and digital society Institutional cooperation and cooperation networks Regional planning and development

Specific Objective: Improved territorial observation and tools for territorial analyses

Thematic Objective:

(11) enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration through actions to strengthen the institutional capacity and the efficiency of public administrations and public services related to the implementation of the ERDF, and in support of actions under the ESF to strengthen the institutional capacity and the efficiency of public administration.

Investment Priority: (11 ETC) ETC specific for transnational cooperation: enhancing institutional capacity of public authorities and stakeholders and efficient public administration by developing and coordinating macro-regional and sea-basin strategies

Partners (2)

Lead Partner: Technopolis France

Address: 88 rue La Fayette, F-75009 Paris, France

Legal status: private

WAAT Ltd

Name: WAAT Ltd

Address: 27 Dingley Place, EC1V 8BR London, United Kingdom

Legal status: private

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Summary

Project name (EN): SDG localising tool: Localising and measuring Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in cities and regions

Project acronym: SDGs Tool

Project start date: 2019-07-05

Project end date: 2021-06-08

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 113 800.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 93 054.72

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 93 054.72.

Documents

Documents on this project are listed below, and organised by category. Please note field "Data source", attached to each document. Keep.eu users are free to use these documents as long as they mention the data source and keep.eu.

Reports

Draft Final Report

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/localise-SDG

Publication date: 2021-02-27

Document date: 2020-10-06

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Interim Report

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/localise-SDG

Publication date: 2021-02-27

Document date: 2020-04-03

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Inception Report

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/localise-SDG

Publication date: 2021-02-27

Document date: 2020-01-10

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

"SDG localising tool: Localising and measuring Sustainable Development Goals in cities and regions"

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://www.espon.eu/localise-SDG

Publication date: 2023-08-20

Document date: 2021-12-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Information regarding the data in keep.eu on the programme financing this project

Financing programme

2014 - 2020 ESPON 2020

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2024-03-04

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

68 / 69 (98.55%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

353 / 370 (95.41%)

Notes on the data

Information provided by the Programme. Data from 3 projects ((MRS. ESPON TOOL, SoET and CPS 2.0) was retrieved by Interact from the programme´s website on the 2024-03-01. Regarding partners only data only main partners is available. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (http://www.espon.eu), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-09-21 and 2023-01-03.

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SDG localising tool: Localising and measuring Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in cities and regions

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